lava-server has
arrived in Debian unstable. No need for third party repositories
(unless you want to), a simple apt install lava-server. What
happens from that point isn't so simple. I've made the single instance
installation as straightforward as I could but there is a lot more to
do to get …

The home lab is my
LAVA development
environment and I've recently got two iMX53 Quick Start Boards
working with a typical LAVA master image based on a Linaro build of Linux 3.1.0
for mx5 with a Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot 11.10 rootfs:

The iMX53 Quick Start Board has been a mainstay of the
Debian armhf port
and has been part of LAVA until recently. It's a natural choice for
seeing how LAVA and Debian can work together more closely. So, in the
first steps to getting my home lab running, I set …

The uses of this particular rack I'll cover in future entries - this is
about how I made the rack itself, with help from friends (Steve McIntyre
& Andy Simpkins). A common theme is making allowances for using dev kit
boards - ready-to-rack ARM servers are not here yet. My aim was to …